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    My 2c, i think the Xbox is at the end of its development lifespan and i believe may believe this is true.Especially since games are getting bigger xbox 8.4gb dvd discs are becoming small, that is why i believe they had a technical refresh where the hardrive is now include in the Xbox (slim).

    Not to bring this up, but the PS1 and PS2 although weaker than the competition had one thing over them games for the masses and availability to all and the fact that they were uhm, chipable. I believe the 360 share the same popularity cause many poeple just flash their console and buy R70 copy which is wrong.

    I chose not to support piracy, and went with PS3 (i am not saying all xbox users are the same) and never look back since my 60GB model (which i still own) to my current 120GB model i have had few issues with the console. I believe since the Xbox slim isnt chipable at the moment it wont be such much of appeal to most users. Most of the people who ghave bought Xbox out of my friends bought them cause they were significantly cheaper and also cause the games were cheaper in one sense.

    I believe this post mite be delete due to regulations but this is the truth behind the current console war. And why Xbox is dominant atm.

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    Not speaking from any console perspective (because I have never owned one) I see that if they do decide to "fall behind" as it were, it's not such a bad thing. The Xbox720 comes out, Sony takes a look, and then does one better! They may have the design in the works, but you can be assured these designs will change when they take a look at the competition. It's a huge game of one-upmanship IMO.

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    I don't think your post will be deleted. You're talking about piracy in a constructive manner and it's on-topic. I actually agree with you 100%. The first thing some of my friends asked me when they were in the console market is "can you chip the console?". It's a sad truth that many "casual gamers/consumers" simply don't care about piracy as an issue and only want the cheapest form of entertainment they can get....I refer to those people as "non-gamers", because a true gamer will laugh at anyone who bases a decision on whether or not a console can be chipped to play pirated games.
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    I think it's far too soon to introduce any new consoles into the market. Let's compare the PS2 generation to our new generation consoles. Compared to the PS2, in terms of sheer innovation, originality, immersion and variety, they all fail. Compare the amount of PS2 games that left a warm spot in your heart to the amount of PS3 or Xbox360 games that did the same and it's probably a lot less.

    Personally, I think the PS3 and Xbox 360 still have a lot to do before they evolve. Developers need to stop being so money grubbing and make something interesting dammit. Then again, there is the problem that these consoles are still extremely expensive to develop for, and this leaves a lot of independent or smaller companies at a disadvantage. When they're at a disadvantage it also leaves gamers at a disadvantage as we're forced to indulge in 6-hour long, casual targeted, commercial titles.

    If these consoles were cheaper to develop for then we'd have far more variety and there would be a lot more innovation and things can only become cheaper over time. It's way too early to introduce the new consoles. Can only imagine how expensive it's going to be to develop for these new consoles.

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    ye man dont hate that the PS2 won last gen.
    I thin the saddest part is that X-Box original was dropped and almost no games once the 360 came out.
    So sad to see microsoft treat loyal customers.
    Guess that is why tehy dont feel so bad with the RROD.

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